Today, the #Minneapolis City Council advanced a City Charter amendment that removes police as a charter dept and creates a new dept of Community Safety & Violence Prevention.
It’s the first step to getting to a public vote in Nov. Another step forward.https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/06/24/minneapolis-city-council-to-take-up-change-to-city-charter-eliminating-police-department/ …
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"This is a pre-condition to the change that people are asking for. It's a way of reducing barriers that have prevented previous efforts from succeeding." "We have committed to a long community engagement process that is only just beginning."
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously approved a radical proposal to change the city charter that would allow the police department to be dismantled, following mass public criticism of law enforcement over the killing of George Floyd.
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